Just a quick list of what we've got out in the field, busily growing in this beautiful weather....

Tomatoes - a few are in so far (we measure tomato plants by the "hundred", so my few may not be the same as your few) and should be producing by early June, Lord willing

Onions - Our garden plant supplier has a large garden of his own and has promised me some big green onions to sell soon.  In the meanwhile, our Texas Sweets and Red onions are looking great.  We have around 150 of each.

Potatoes - Heidi grew up with lots of potatoes in the garden, but that was in Oregon.  We've never raised them in Texas before, but so far the plants look great.  Both red and white, around 100 plants total

Radishes - Great, quick crop.  Starting to come in, should be a staple at the store from now through the end of May or later

Kohlrabi - Not sure how they're going to turn out.  We lost a lot of baby ones in the last frosts, but we re-seeded

Corn - a super-sweet bi-color variety is in the ground, and a yellow standard sweet corn is going in soon.  We had zero corn crop last year, so we hope to do better this year

Melons - several varieties are started.  There are a few in the ground and more going in soon.  No watermelon, just canteloupe and honeydew types.  We'll bring in watermelon from somewhere southward

Cucumbers - Both slicers and picklers.  A few in the ground, more to come soon.  Heidi has lots started.

Eggplant - Hope you like eggplant, because it's one of our favorites.  Heidi plans to plant a lot.  Several kinds, from the usual to the unusual, it's a very versatile vegetable.

Squash - Another of our favorites.  We'll have everything we had last year and then some.  Yellow, zucchini, grey, patty-pan, sunburst.

Bok Choi - We continue to be big promoters of this cabbage relative.  It's more versatile than head cabbage, and it grows much better here.  This is probably our biggest "staple" vegetable at the house all spring and halfway through the summer.

Greens - Collard, kale, turnip, chard.  All in the field already.  The chard has been a workhorse for us all winter and is still going strong.  The others are babies, but they grow fast

Beans - Last year's liana crop was a real stand-out.  They produced voluminously, grew vigorously even through the heat of summer, and became my favorite bean.  You can eat them as a green bean, stir fry them as an oriental bean, or let them grow out and shell them like a southern pea.  We'll have lots again this year (Lord willing) and we'll add red ones as well.  Of course, we're planting "regular" green beans for the non-adventurous as well.

Southern peas - Heidi just bought an order of peas, purple-hull, cream, blackeye.  They'll be going in soon.

Tomatillos - We tried them last year and the late frost got them all.  This year, we have a bunch in pots ready to go in.  Hope they work, I love me some tomatillos.

Peppers - similar varieties to what we had last year, jalapenos, serranos, and habaneros for all the hot-lovers (me included), and sweet bells, poblanos, and mild green chilis for all the rest of you.

That's probably not everything, but it's all that comes to mind right now.  We're really looking forward to the summer, and hope you are too.  We'll continue to post recipes, and don't hesitate to ask if you don't know what to do with something.  Pray for the heat to hold off a bit, and always pray for rain!